Clemson selects Harry Johnson as 2012 MLK keynote speaker

Post date: Dec 19, 2011 11:6:13 PM

CLEMSON, South Carolina — Clemson University has selected Harry E. Johnson Sr., president and CEO of the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation, as the keynote speaker for its 30^th Annual MLK Commemorative Service Jan. 17.

Under Johnson’s leadership, the foundation raised more than $117 million to build the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., which is being dedicated this Sunday. The memorial is the first on the National Mall to honor an African-American. For more information about the memorial, visit http://www.mlkmemorial.org.

Johnson has led the MLK Memorial Foundation since 2002. He is a partner with the Law Office of Glen and Johnson in Washington. From 2001 to 2004, he was national president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

Johnson graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1977 with a bachelor's in political science. He has completed graduate studies in public administration at Washington University in St. Louis and earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston.

For more information about Johnson’s career, leadership experience and awards and honors, visit http://www.harryejohnson.net/.

Harry E. Johnson Sr.

CEO, Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation

Former General President of Alpha Phi Alpha